|Número de publicación||US7088321 B1|
|Tipo de publicación||Concesión|
|Número de solicitud||US 09/823,448|
|Fecha de publicación||8 Ago 2006|
|Fecha de presentación||30 Mar 2001|
|Fecha de prioridad||30 Mar 2001|
|También publicado como||EP1397792A1, EP1397792A4, WO2002080136A1|
|Número de publicación||09823448, 823448, US 7088321 B1, US 7088321B1, US-B1-7088321, US7088321 B1, US7088321B1|
|Inventores||Frederick S. Parker|
|Cesionario original||Infocus Corporation|
|Exportar cita||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Citas de patentes (33), Citada por (89), Clasificaciones (23), Eventos legales (4)|
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet|
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to image projection displays and more particularly to the circuitry to drive an LED light source employed in an optical pathway of such displays.
2. Background Information
Projection systems have been used for many years to project motion pictures and still photographs onto screens for viewing. More recently, presentations using multimedia projection systems have become popular for conducting sales demonstrations, business meetings and classroom instruction. In a typical operating mode, multimedia projection systems receive analog video signals from a personal computer (“PC”). The video signals may represent still, partial, or full-motion display images of a type rendered by the PC. The analog video signals are typically converted in the projection system into digital video signals, and the signals are electronically conditioned and processed to control an image-forming device, such as a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) or a digital micro-mirror device (“DMD”).
A popular type of multimedia projection system employs a broad spectrum light source and optical path components upstream and downstream of the image-forming device to project the image onto a display screen. An example of a DMD-based multimedia projector is the model LP420 manufactured by In Focus Systems, Inc., of Wilsonville, Oreg., the assignee of the present application.
Significant effort has been invested into developing projectors producing bright, high-quality, color images. However, the optical performance of conventional projectors is often less than satisfactory. For example, suitable projected image brightness is difficult to achieve, especially when using compact portable color projectors in a well-lighted room. The projectors typically use high intensity arc lamps as their light source and then filter out all of the light except for blue, green, and red light, which are optically transported along three separate light paths or using some form of sequential color modulator. Because LCD displays have significant light attenuation and triple path color light paths are heavy and bulky, portable multimedia projectors typically employ DMD displays in a single light path configuration. Producing a projected color image with this configuration typically requires projecting a frame sequential image through a sequential color modulator such as a color wheel to coordinate color image data.
Sensor 12 typically employs opto-electrical or electromechanical shaft position detectors or motor armature position detectors and usually requires some means for aligning timing mark 14 to the start of one of the filter segments. This alignment is typically a costly and error prone mechanical adjustment that accounts for angular differences between motor 16 and the mechanical mounting of filter segments R, G, and B. Of course, electrical or mechanical delays associated with sensor 12 further contribute to alignment errors. The accumulated angular errors open the possibility of synchronization errors between the red, green, and blue image data to the angular position of color wheel 18, a possibility that prior art projectors avoid by building a timing duty cycle into the display controller electronics.
The timing duty cycle provides for driving display device 26 with the red, green, and blue image data for only a portion of the time during which the light beam 22 is propagated through each of respective filter segments R, G, and B. This prevents presenting display device 26 with improperly colored light. For example, the timing duty cycle provides for blanking the sequential image to a DMD device in order to change the color and brightness as is required by prior art color wheel systems with fixed-sized filter segments. Unfortunately, the timing duty cycle reduces the total amount of illumination available for displaying each color which, in turn, reduces the brightness of the displayed color image. In addition, color wheels 18 and their associated motors are heavy and noisy.
An alternative technique is to use an array of light emitting devices (LEDs) as the source of light in projection display systems. The use of an LED light source substantially eliminates the mechanical, optical, and electrical rotational timing errors that are intrinsic to color wheel systems, and is described in a commonly assigned co-pending application Ser. No. 09/507,260, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,216 on May 1, 2001, by Fred Parker et al. and entitled “System and Method Employing LED Light Sources for a Projection Display,” the subject matter of which is herein incorporated by reference.
Rather than starting with a broadband light source and filtering out the undesired wavelengths, the LEDs emit desired wavelengths such as the primary colors red, green, and blue. As a result, the use of LEDs as the light source in a projection display system eliminates the need for color wheels, color wheel motors, or beam splitters. In addition, the LEDs offer a longer life, fewer thermal and environmental issues than mercury-containing high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps, better primary colors and redundancy for failed LED die, or dice.
Circuits for driving an LED array are known in the art. For example, an LED array circuit for use in retrofitting traffic signal displays with LEDs is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,936,599. However, LED array circuits in traffic signals, which display simple static images, do not address the complex sequencing and control requirements for the generation of light suitable for a projection display system. What is needed, therefore, is an LED array circuit for a projection display system that is capable of driving an LED array for displaying complex and dynamic multi-colored images.
According to one aspect of the invention, a circuit is provided to drive LEDs that emit light in desired wavelengths, such as the primary colors red, green, and blue, which serve as the light source for a projection display system. The LED circuit contains one or more series-parallel arrays of each color LED, also referred to as a color channel. A display controller synchronizes the color output of each color channel with image data received from an image data source such as a personal computer. The synchronization is achieved by electronically adjusting the current path, current source and/or current level through the color channels without reducing the brightness of the light source. Redundant LEDs and/or color channels are provided to accommodate further adjustments to the current path, source and/or level to compensate for the failure of one or more LEDs or color channels.
In a single path embodiment, the light emitted from each color channel is propagated sequentially along a single optical path and mixed within an optical integrator. The display controller synchronizes the output of each color channel sequentially using control signals to maintain a single constant current source and level for all channels while adjusting the current path through the circuit to activate one or more color channels.
In a multiple-path embodiment, the light emitted from each color channel is propagated simultaneously along separate respective optical paths before being mixed within an optical integrator and combiner to form a composite image. The display controller synchronizes the output of each color channel simultaneously using separate current sources for each color channel and adjusting the current level of each source.
In accordance with other aspects of the present invention, apparatus are provided for carrying out the above and other methods.
The present invention will be described by way of exemplary embodiments, but not limitations, illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like references denote similar elements, and in which:
Display device 44 is preferably a digital micro-mirror device (DMD) but may alternatively be a reflective liquid crystal on semiconductor (LCOS) array device or an LCD light valve. Projection lens group 46 preferably includes a fixed focal length lens but may also include a varifocal or zoom lens. The optical components are preferably held together by a magnesium die-cast optical frame 48 (only a portion of which is shown) within a projector housing (not shown) which is mechanically rigid and dissipates heat. Such frames and housings are well known to skilled persons and can be adapted to house a cooling fan 50 for cooling the optical components and facilitate cooling air flow. Power supply 34 can also be used to power a cooling fan (not shown in
Display controller 56 includes a microprocessor which is capable of receiving color image data from a multimedia device 58, such as a personal computer or a video device, and processes the image data into frame sequential red, green, and blue image data, sequential frames of which are conveyed to display device 44 in proper synchronism with control signals sent to LED circuit 200 or power supply 34 to activate and control the light sources 32 that emit the corresponding color.
Where display device 44 is a DMD, display controller 56 controls a high-density array of digitally deflected mirrors in display device 44 such that light propagating from lens 42 is selectively reflected by each mirror in the array either toward projection lens 46 or toward a light-absorbing surface 60 mounted on or near optical frame 48. The light reflecting off mirrors of display device 44 oriented in the ON direction propagates through projection lens 46 for display on a screen (not shown), and the light reflecting off mirrors of display device 44 oriented in the OFF direction is absorbed by light-absorbing surface 60.
DMD 44 is preferably a Texas Instruments Model DMD 1076 spatial light modulator composed of a rectangular array of aluminum micro mechanical mirrors, each of which can be individually deflected at an angle of, for example, ±10 degrees or more about a hinged diagonal axis. The deflection angle (either positive or negative) of the mirrors is individually, controlled by changing the memory contents of underlying addressing circuitry and mirror reset signals.
If display device 44 is, for example, a transmissive LCD, the optical path 36 could propagate through it and straight through projection lens 46 without any bends. Where display device 44 is a transmissive LCD, the light from light transmission guides 38 is first polarized by a polarizer that may form part of LCD 44 to create light having a selected pass orientation. The polarized light is then modulated by an informational pattern of pixels in LCD 44. The fully inactive pixels rotate the polarized light by 90°, and the fully active pixels pass the polarized light without rotation. The modulated light then passes through a front polarizer (or analyzer) that blocks the rotated light of the fully activated pixels and passes the nonrotated light of the fully inactive pixels. The modulated light, particularly the light passing through the inactive pixels, is directed through projection lens 46 for viewing.
Skilled persons will appreciate that a variety of LCD panels are commercially available and some employ different polarization schemes that could be employed in the present invention. For
In one embodiment, light sources 32 include multiple LED arrays 70 which, when supplied with about 200 Watts, each emit light in one of the three additive primary wavelengths: red, green, and blue, at an efficiency of about 30%–50%. For example, the blue LEDs 72 b can be HPWL series, manufactured by Hewlett Packard (HP), that emit 4.1 lumens per Watt in a wavelength range of 455–485 nm. Similarly, the green LEDs 72 g can be HPWL series, also manufactured by HP, that emit 11.6 lumens per Watt in a wavelength range of 515–545 nm; the red LEDs 72 r can be HPWL series, also manufactured by HP, that emit 11 lumens per Watt in a wavelength range of 610–650 μm. Skilled persons will appreciate that as better LEDs having increased efficiency are developed and perfected, brighter LEDs would be preferred. LEDs 72 can be spaced apart as desired to facilitate dissipation of heat. Skilled persons will also appreciate that LED array 70 may comprise a side emitting bar of laser diodes.
Other LED emission wavelengths, such as yellow, cyan, or white can be additionally or alternatively employed. Although magenta LEDs do not currently exist, magenta can be made from a combination of red and blue LEDs 72 r and 72 b. For convenience, white can be considered to be a single color or a combination of colors. In one embodiment, LED array 70 is attached to 18 optical fibers 76 that are collected into one or more optical bundles 86 that may have a cumulative output area of less than 56 mm2. Thus, LED array 70 has a greater area of substrate surface 114 that the output area of its respective optical fiber bundle 86 so the light exiting the bundle output area has greater intensity (and less heat) than the light emitted from surface 114 of the LED array 70. Skilled persons will also appreciate that a single LED array 70 can contain LEDs that all emit the same wavelength or can have rows 82, columns 84, or groupings of different wavelength LEDs 72 b, 72 g, and/or 72 r as demonstrated in
Iin one embodiment, the output ends of approximately 200 or more fiber bundles 86 are coupled to the input end of optical integrator 40. If photometrically weighted intensity (white balanced at optimum luminance) of the blue, green, and red LED arrays 70 described above are desired, then approximately 45 blue LEDs 72, 105 green LEDs 72, and 50 red LEDs 72 would be employed to produce 2000 lumens of white light. Skilled persons will appreciate that white balancing can be accomplished or fine tuned by modulating the amount of time for which each different color LED array 70 is activated.
Alternatively or in addition, display controller 56 generates control signals 202, also in a sequence that corresponds to the sequence of the frame sequential color image data from personal computer 58, to control switches SW_R 208 r, SW_G 208 g, and SW_B 208 b. When the switches 208 are in the OPEN position the current path 212 is interrupted, and corresponding color channels 204 and LEDs 72 are turned OFF (i.e. do not emit light), and when switches 208 are in the CLOSED position the current path 212 is resumed, and corresponding color channels 204 and LEDs 72 are turned ON (i.e. emit light).
Unlike the prior art color wheel display systems having fixed-size color segments, LED circuit 200 allows full brightness of the light source 32 because it is unnecessary to blank the sequential image on the display device 44 to change the color or the color's brightness. As a result, the display controller 56 can maintain a constant current source 206 and constant light emission to provide the display device 44 with a full-time duty cycle. Moreover, instead of relying on fixed voltages and resistors to drop the voltage for the different color LEDs, which is an inefficient use of power, LED circuit 200 provides for lower power consumption by allowing for the fact that the different color LEDs 72 have different voltage drops. Specifically, the display controller 56 generates control signals 202 to power supply 34 and switches 208 to adjust the current level 210 in coordination with the current path 212 through the color channels 204 to accommodate the different voltage requirements of the different color LEDs 72.
In one embodiment the combination of series-parallel arrays of each color LED provides redundancy so that when one or more LEDs 72 or channels 204 of a given color fail, other LEDs or channels are still available. The display controller 56 adjusts the duty cycle of each of the color channels 204 to re-balance the color emitted by the light source 32 by generating appropriate control signals 202 to power supply 34 and switches 208.
One advantage of the triple path embodiment illustrated in
In one embodiment, each LED array 70 is driven from a separate current source 206 and current level 210 as controlled by display controller 56 through power supply 34. Display controller 56 generates control signals 202 to the power supply 34 in a manner similar to LED circuits 200 and 220 in
Another advantage of the triple path embodiment illustrated in
The current sources used in the embodiments of LED circuits 200, 220, and 240 can be either simple pass elements such as a field-effect transistor (FET) operated in a linear mode, or a switching regulator design such as is found in an HID ballast with current control. These types of current sources are well-known to those skilled in the art and thus will not be discussed further except as they pertain to the present invention.
Skilled workers will recognize that portions of this invention may be implemented differently than the implementations described above, for preferred embodiments. For example, skilled persons will appreciate that numerous variations of the LED 72, LED array 70, optical fiber 76, fiber bundle 86, reflector 100, condenser 102, and integrator 40 coupling schemes described herein can be employed with either the single path or triple path projection systems of the present invention. In particular, it should be understood that there are a very large number of combinations of LEDs 72 and series parallel arrays of LEDs 70 that may be employed in LED circuits 200, 220, and 240 to form color channels 204 without departing from the principles of or exceeding the scope of the present invention. It should be further understood that either light emitting diodes or laser diodes may be combined in a similar fashion and employed as the LEDs also without departing from the principles of or exceeding the scope of the present invention.
In addition, this invention is suitable for use with many differently folding optical paths, separate wavelength light sources, and alternative display devices, display controllers, and FSC data formats. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that this invention is also applicable to color synchronization applications other than those found in multimedia projectors. The scope of the present invention should, therefore, be determined only by the following claims.
|Patente citada||Fecha de presentación||Fecha de publicación||Solicitante||Título|
|US3740570 *||27 Sep 1971||19 Jun 1973||Litton Systems Inc||Driving circuits for light emitting diodes|
|US3962702||19 Feb 1975||8 Jun 1976||Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen.||Optical fiber display device|
|US4298869 *||25 Jun 1979||3 Nov 1981||Zaidan Hojin Handotai Kenkyu Shinkokai||Light-emitting diode display|
|US4680579||8 Sep 1983||14 Jul 1987||Texas Instruments Incorporated||Optical system for projection display using spatial light modulator device|
|US4763975 *||28 Abr 1987||16 Ago 1988||Spectra Diode Laboratories, Inc.||Optical system with bright light output|
|US4887074 *||20 Ene 1988||12 Dic 1989||Michael Simon||Light-emitting diode display system|
|US4897639 *||2 May 1988||30 Ene 1990||Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.||Image forming method and apparatus|
|US4943154||23 Feb 1989||24 Jul 1990||Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.||Projection display apparatus|
|US5022043||20 Dic 1989||4 Jun 1991||Spectra-Physics||High power diode-pumped solid state laser with unstable resonator|
|US5108172 *||24 Sep 1990||28 Abr 1992||Raf Electronics Corp.||Active matrix reflective image plane module and projection system|
|US5278542 *||27 Jul 1992||11 Ene 1994||Texas Digital Systems, Inc.||Multicolor display system|
|US5293437 *||3 Jun 1992||8 Mar 1994||Visual Optics, Inc.||Fiber optic display with direct driven optical fibers|
|US5430501||18 May 1994||4 Jul 1995||Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha||Compact video projector|
|US5526063 *||16 Jul 1993||11 Jun 1996||Thomson-Csf||Video image projector with improve luminous efficiency|
|US5534949 *||8 Abr 1994||9 Jul 1996||Hughes Aircraft Company||Two channel field sequential color display system|
|US5552840 *||11 Mar 1993||3 Sep 1996||Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha||Three dimensional projection display reflecting divided polarized light on to reflective liquid crystal display elements|
|US5651599||24 Feb 1995||29 Jul 1997||Seiko Epson Corporation||Projection type liquid crystal projector|
|US5684368 *||10 Jun 1996||4 Nov 1997||Motorola||Smart driver for an array of LEDs|
|US5724062 *||21 Sep 1994||3 Mar 1998||Cree Research, Inc.||High resolution, high brightness light emitting diode display and method and producing the same|
|US5815221 *||30 Nov 1995||29 Sep 1998||Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha||Projector apparatus|
|US5829858 *||31 Mar 1997||3 Nov 1998||Levis; Maurice E.||Projector system with light pipe optics|
|US5920297||12 Mar 1997||6 Jul 1999||Hewlett-Packard Company||Front panel color annunciators for multi-channel instrument with color display|
|US5936599 *||13 May 1998||10 Ago 1999||Reymond; Welles||AC powered light emitting diode array circuits for use in traffic signal displays|
|US5987190||1 Oct 1993||16 Nov 1999||Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.||Image processing system including a processor side memory and a display side memory|
|US6097367 *||8 Sep 1997||1 Ago 2000||Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.||Display device|
|US6219014 *||18 Ago 1998||17 Abr 2001||Texas Digital Systems, Inc.||Variable color display device having display area and background area|
|US6249088 *||1 Nov 1999||19 Jun 2001||Philips Electronics North America Corporation||Three-dimensional lattice structure based led array for illumination|
|US6281949 *||23 Mar 1998||28 Ago 2001||Sony Corporation||Apparatus for displaying a picture which involves spatially modulating a light beam|
|US6333724 *||8 Sep 1998||25 Dic 2001||Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba||Display device|
|US6396466 *||1 Dic 1999||28 May 2002||Agilent Technologies||Optical vehicle display|
|US6480634 *||18 May 2000||12 Nov 2002||Silicon Light Machines||Image projector including optical fiber which couples laser illumination to light modulator|
|DE4234293A1 *||12 Oct 1992||8 Abr 1993||Albert G Prof Dr Fischer||Flat matrix colour TV panel with quantum layer laser diodes - located in pattern circuit board using robot handling and emitting red, green and blue components|
|EP1006506A1||8 Sep 1999||7 Jun 2000||Hewlett-Packard Company||Optical vehicle display|
|Patente citante||Fecha de presentación||Fecha de publicación||Solicitante||Título|
|US7237910 *||7 Dic 2004||3 Jul 2007||Olympus Corporation||Image projector|
|US7274151 *||16 Mar 2005||25 Sep 2007||Tohoku Pioneer Corporation||Drive device and drive method of light emitting elements|
|US7282887 *||16 Feb 2006||16 Oct 2007||Williams Kevin R||Laser diode triggered soft start controller for a polyphase electric motor|
|US7329010 *||3 Feb 2005||12 Feb 2008||Fujinon Corporation||Rear projection apparatus|
|US7396136 *||23 Sep 2005||8 Jul 2008||Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.||Illumination unit having an LED and image projecting apparatus employing the same|
|US7408527 *||30 Abr 2004||5 Ago 2008||Infocus Corporation||Light emitting device driving method and projection apparatus so equipped|
|US7410261||20 May 2005||12 Ago 2008||3M Innovative Properties Company||Multicolor illuminator system|
|US7422330 *||30 Mar 2005||9 Sep 2008||3M Innovative Properties Company||Illumination system and projection system using same|
|US7438719 *||29 Ago 2003||21 Oct 2008||Natus Medical Incorporated||Phototherapy system and device|
|US7510284 *||27 Abr 2007||31 Mar 2009||Plut William J||Projection-type display devices including redundant laser sets|
|US7553033 *||19 Abr 2006||30 Jun 2009||Seiko Epson Corporation||Projector and optical device|
|US7703930||27 Abr 2007||27 Abr 2010||Plut William J||Positioning interfaces for projection display devices|
|US7789517 *||7 Sep 2010||Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd||LED package, display panel, illumination system and projection system employing the same|
|US7806535||27 Abr 2007||5 Oct 2010||Plut William J||Low power projection display devices|
|US7839295||23 Nov 2010||Abl Ip Holding Llc||Extended life LED fixture|
|US7845807 *||26 Sep 2006||7 Dic 2010||Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha||Projection apparatus and three-dimensional-shape detection apparatus|
|US7901089 *||8 Mar 2011||Whiterock Design, Llc||Optical system with array light source|
|US7934840 *||3 May 2011||Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.||Optical device and projection system comprising the same|
|US7950808 *||31 May 2011||Mitsubishi Electric Corporation||Project display apparatus having diffusion element for reducing speckle|
|US7956937 *||13 Jul 2006||7 Jun 2011||Coretronic Corporation||Projection apparatus and color-level correcting method therefor|
|US7959305 *||14 Jun 2011||Texas Instruments Incorporated||Light recycling in a micromirror-based projection display system|
|US8147074||18 Mar 2010||3 Abr 2012||Transpacific Image, Llc||Positioning interfaces for projection display devices|
|US8157388 *||17 Abr 2012||Texas Instruments Incorporated||System and method for a projection display system using an optical lightguide|
|US8159419||17 Abr 2012||Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.||Display apparatus and control method thereof|
|US8199100 *||31 May 2007||12 Jun 2012||The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University||Display arrangement and approaches therefor|
|US8231230 *||24 Jul 2007||31 Jul 2012||Dilitronics Gmbh||Image projection device|
|US8237581||23 Ene 2009||7 Ago 2012||Abl Ip Holding Llc||Extended life LED fixture with central controller and multi-chip LEDs|
|US8237582||23 Ene 2009||7 Ago 2012||Abl Ip Holding Llc||Extended life LED fixture with distributed controller and multi-chip LEDs|
|US8242927||23 Ene 2009||14 Ago 2012||Abl Ip Holding Llc||Extended life LED fixture with central controller and LED lamps|
|US8253755||28 Ago 2012||Texas Instruments Incorporated||System and method for image-based color sequence reallocation|
|US8305387||7 Sep 2007||6 Nov 2012||Texas Instruments Incorporated||Adaptive pulse-width modulated sequences for sequential color display systems|
|US8366282||27 Feb 2012||5 Feb 2013||Transpacific Image, Llc||Positioning interfaces for projection display devices|
|US8519378||17 Oct 2008||27 Ago 2013||National University Corporation Hokkaido University||Semiconductor light-emitting element array including a semiconductor rod|
|US8542167 *||1 Ago 2007||24 Sep 2013||Himax Technologies Limited||Projection type display apparatus|
|US8616704 *||5 Ago 2009||31 Dic 2013||Airbus Operations Gmbh||Area projection system for reproducing a visual signal on a surface|
|US8641209||26 Dic 2012||4 Feb 2014||Transpacific Image, Llc||Positioning interfaces for projection display devices|
|US8711444 *||15 Mar 2012||29 Abr 2014||Ricoh Company, Limited||Light-source control device, light-source control method, image reading device, and image forming apparatus|
|US8866407 *||19 Ago 2011||21 Oct 2014||Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.||Lighting device|
|US9261764 *||1 Jun 2012||16 Feb 2016||Texas Instruments Incorporated||Optically efficient polarized projector|
|US20050140937 *||7 Dic 2004||30 Jun 2005||Olympus Corporation||Image projector|
|US20050149149 *||29 Ago 2003||7 Jul 2005||Chung Dong-Chune C.||Phototherapy system and device|
|US20050174546 *||3 Feb 2005||11 Ago 2005||Fujinon Corporation||Rear projection apparatus|
|US20050206325 *||16 Mar 2005||22 Sep 2005||Tohoku Pioneer Corporation||Drive device and drive method of light emitting elements|
|US20050219475 *||31 Mar 2005||6 Oct 2005||Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba||Illumination device integrated into a projection type display, and projection type projector|
|US20050243223 *||30 Abr 2004||3 Nov 2005||Slobodin David E||Light emitting device driving method and projection apparatus so equipped|
|US20060062013 *||16 Sep 2005||23 Mar 2006||Olympus Corporation||Light guiding apparatus, illumination apparatus and image projection system|
|US20060072078 *||23 Sep 2005||6 Abr 2006||Kim Su-Gun||Illumination unit having an LED and image projecting apparatus employing the same|
|US20060146297 *||3 Ene 2006||6 Jul 2006||Lee Kye-Hoon||LED package, display panel, illumination system and projection system employing the same|
|US20060192924 *||19 Abr 2006||31 Ago 2006||Seiko Epson Corporation||Projector and optical device|
|US20060221305 *||30 Mar 2005||5 Oct 2006||3M Innovative Properties Company||Illumination system and projection system using same|
|US20060262282 *||20 May 2005||23 Nov 2006||3M Innovative Properties Company||Multicolor illuminator system|
|US20070001943 *||15 May 2006||4 Ene 2007||Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.||Display apparatus and control method thereof|
|US20070019166 *||26 Sep 2006||25 Ene 2007||Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha||Projection Apparatus and Three-Dimensional-Shape Detection Apparatus|
|US20070030401 *||13 Jul 2006||8 Feb 2007||Wen-Chang Chien||Projection apparatus, illumination module and color-level correcting method therefor|
|US20070126994 *||4 Dic 2006||7 Jun 2007||Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.||Optical device and projection system comprising the same|
|US20070195276 *||27 Abr 2007||23 Ago 2007||Plut William J||Projection-type display devices with reduced speckle|
|US20070205300 *||27 Abr 2007||6 Sep 2007||Plut William J||Positioning interfaces for projection display devices|
|US20070241700 *||16 Feb 2006||18 Oct 2007||Williams Kevin R||Laser diode triggered soft start controller for a polyphase electric motor|
|US20070268700 *||30 Abr 2007||22 Nov 2007||Whiterock Design, Llc||Optical system with array light source|
|US20070285344 *||27 Abr 2007||13 Dic 2007||Plut William J||Low power projection display devices|
|US20080007885 *||5 Jul 2006||10 Ene 2008||Texas Instruments Incorporated||System for improving LED illumination reliability in projection display systems|
|US20080043150 *||4 Sep 2007||21 Feb 2008||Texas Instruments Incorporated||Managing the Color Temperature for a Light Source Array|
|US20080111974 *||27 Abr 2007||15 May 2008||Plut William J||Projection-type display devices including redundant laser sets|
|US20080252863 *||19 Nov 2007||16 Oct 2008||Mitsubishi Electric Corporation||Projection display apparatus|
|US20090009730 *||30 Ago 2007||8 Ene 2009||Texas Instruments Incorporated||Light Recycling in a Micromirror-Based Projection Display System|
|US20090033603 *||1 Ago 2007||5 Feb 2009||Himax Technologies Limited||Projection type display apparatus|
|US20090066620 *||7 Sep 2007||12 Mar 2009||Andrew Ian Russell||Adaptive Pulse-Width Modulated Sequences for Sequential Color Display Systems|
|US20090066718 *||7 Sep 2007||12 Mar 2009||Andrew Ian Russell||System and Method for Image-based Color Sequence Reallocation|
|US20090091467 *||9 Oct 2007||9 Abr 2009||Ries Ii Jack Leighton||Extended life led fixture|
|US20090128052 *||23 Ene 2009||21 May 2009||Ries Ii Jack Leighton||Extended Life LED Fixture with Distributed Controller and Multi-Chip LEDS|
|US20090128054 *||23 Ene 2009||21 May 2009||Ries Ii Jack Leighton||Extended Life LED Fixture with Central Controller and LED Lamps|
|US20090231358 *||13 Feb 2009||17 Sep 2009||Photonica, Inc.||Hybrid Telecom Network-structured Architecture and System for Digital Image Distribution, Display and Projection|
|US20090244499 *||31 Mar 2008||1 Oct 2009||Terry Alan Bartlett||System and Method for a Projection Display System Using an Optical Lightguide|
|US20090303443 *||24 Jul 2007||10 Dic 2009||Dilitronics Gmbh||Image Projection Device|
|US20100171936 *||8 Jul 2010||Plut William J||Positioning interfaces for projection display devices|
|US20100245774 *||30 Sep 2010||Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.||Projection display apparatus|
|US20110157557 *||5 Ago 2009||30 Jun 2011||Airbus Operations Gmbh||Area projection system for reproducing a visual signal on a surface|
|US20110204327 *||17 Oct 2008||25 Ago 2011||National University Corporation Hokkaido University||Semiconductor light-emitting element array and manufacturing method thereof|
|US20110274131 *||20 Ene 2010||10 Nov 2011||Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.||Two-dimensional surface-emitting laser array element, surface-emitting laser device and light source|
|US20120043911 *||19 Ago 2011||23 Feb 2012||Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.||Lighting Device|
|US20120236373 *||20 Sep 2012||Ricoh Company, Limited||Light-source control device, light-source control method, image reading device, and image forming apparatus|
|US20130038838 *||1 Jun 2012||14 Feb 2013||Texas Instruments Incorporated||Optically efficient polarized projector|
|CN100568083C||21 Jun 2007||9 Dic 2009||上海飞锐光电科技有限公司||Three-sheet type LCOS projection machine optical engine of three-color LED illumination|
|CN100568087C||13 Jul 2007||9 Dic 2009||上海飞锐光电科技有限公司||LED light source illumination system of miniature type LCOS projector|
|CN101339351B||5 Jul 2007||26 May 2010||上海飞锐光电科技有限公司||Compact structure three piece type LCOS projector optical engine|
|CN101359097B||31 Jul 2007||26 May 2010||上海飞锐光电科技有限公司||Optical engines of hand-held three-sheet type LCOS projector|
|CN101846869A *||24 Mar 2010||29 Sep 2010||三洋电机株式会社||Projection display device|
|WO2008005915A2 *||2 Jul 2007||10 Ene 2008||Texas Instruments Incorporated||System for improving illumination reliability in projection display systems|
|WO2011084837A1 *||22 Dic 2010||14 Jul 2011||3M Innovative Properties Company||Controlling light sources for colour sequential image displaying|
|Clasificación de EE.UU.||345/83, 353/31, 348/E09.027, 345/211|
|Clasificación internacional||H01S5/062, H05B37/02, H04N9/31, G09G3/34, G09G3/32, G02F1/13, H01L33/00, G09G3/36, G02F1/133, G09G3/20|
|Clasificación cooperativa||G09G2320/0626, H04N9/3155, H04N9/3164, G09G2310/0235, G09G3/3406|
|Clasificación europea||H04N9/31R5M, H04N9/31R5C, G09G3/34B, H04N9/31V|
|26 Jun 2001||AS||Assignment|
Owner name: INFOCUS CORPORATION, OREGON
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:PARKER, FREDERICK S.;REEL/FRAME:011930/0352
Effective date: 20010402
|19 Nov 2009||AS||Assignment|
Owner name: RPX CORPORATION, CALIFORNIA
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:INFOCUS CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:023538/0709
Effective date: 20091019
Owner name: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, JAPAN
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:RPX CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:023538/0889
Effective date: 20091026
Owner name: RPX CORPORATION,CALIFORNIA
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:INFOCUS CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:023538/0709
Effective date: 20091019
Owner name: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION,JAPAN
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:RPX CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:023538/0889
Effective date: 20091026
|29 Ene 2010||FPAY||Fee payment|
Year of fee payment: 4
|8 Ene 2014||FPAY||Fee payment|
Year of fee payment: 8